The formation and impact of landslide dams–State of the art

X Fan, A Dufresne, SS Subramanian, A Strom… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The blocking of river courses by mass movements is very common in mountainous areas
with deep and narrow valleys. Landslide dams may pose serious threats to people and their …

What we have learned from the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake and its aftermath: A decade of research and challenges

X Fan, CH Juang, J Wasowski, R Huang, Q Xu… - Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2008 M w 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake (Sichuan, China) was possibly the largest
and most destructive recent earthquake as far as the geo-hazards are concerned. Of the …

Successive landsliding and damming of the **sha River in eastern Tibet, China: prime investigation, early warning, and emergency response

X Fan, Q Xu, A Alonso-Rodriguez, SS Subramanian… - Landslides, 2019 - Springer
Two successive landslides within a month started in October 11, 2018, and dammed twice
the **sha River at the border between Sichuan Province and Tibet in China. Both events …

Coseismic landslides triggered by the 8th August 2017 Ms 7.0 Jiuzhaigou earthquake (Sichuan, China): factors controlling their spatial distribution and implications …

X Fan, G Scaringi, Q Xu, W Zhan, L Dai, Y Li, X Pei… - Landslides, 2018 - Springer
On 8th August 2017, a magnitude M s 7.0 earthquake struck the County of Jiuzhaigou, in
Sichuan Province, China. It was the third M s≥ 7.0 earthquake in the Longmenshan area in …

The landslide story

R Huang, X Fan - Nature geoscience, 2013 - nature.com
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The 2000 Yigong landslide (Tibetan Plateau), rockslide-dammed lake and outburst flood: Review, remote sensing analysis, and process modelling

KB Delaney, SG Evans - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
In April 2000 a large-scale rock avalanche dammed the Yigong Zangpo River, forming an
extensive rockslide-dammed lake. The impoundment lasted for 62 days before a …

[HTML][HTML] Database and spatial distribution of landslides triggered by the Lushan, China Mw 6.6 earthquake of 20 April 2013

C Xu, X Xu, JBH Shyu - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
On 20 April 2013, an earthquake with Mw 6.6 (Ms 7.0) hit Lushan County, Sichuan Province
of China (30.3° N, 103° E), only 85 km southwest of the 2008 Wenchuan Mw 7.9 event. The …

Spatio-temporal evolution of mass wasting after the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake revealed by a detailed multi-temporal inventory

X Fan, G Domènech, G Scaringi, R Huang, Q Xu… - Landslides, 2018 - Springer
Strong earthquakes in mountainous areas can trigger a large number of landslides that
generate deposits of loose and unconsolidated debris across the landscape. These deposits …

Analysing post-earthquake landslide activity using multi-temporal landslide inventories near the epicentral area of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

C Tang, CJ Van Westen, H Tanyas… - Natural Hazards and …, 2016 - nhess.copernicus.org
Large earthquakes in mountainous regions may trigger thousands of landslides, some
active for years. We analysed the changes in landslide activity near the epicentre of the …

[HTML][HTML] Two multi-temporal datasets that track the enhanced landsliding after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

X Fan, G Scaringi, G Domènech, F Yang… - Earth System …, 2019 - essd.copernicus.org
We release two datasets that track the enhanced landsliding induced by the 2008 M w 7.9
Wenchuan earthquake over a portion of the Longmen Mountains, at the eastern margin of …